Unit 1 Quiz - Prehistory and Mesopotamia

What system provided water for Mesopotamian farms?

What term do we call a professional writer who kept records for traders and the government in Sumer?

Where did the early Sumerians move from when they chose to come to Mesopotamia?

What is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money?

What do we call the area of land in southwest Asia which has good soil and forms a curved shape on a map?

What is a Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols?

What are two major bodies of water within the Fertile Crescent?

Neolithic "Revolution" refers to what change in human history?

What term refers to the idea that different people focus on being good at different skills or jobs?

What is one negative effect of Neolithic people settling into cities?

What is a brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple?

Hammurabi’s Code of ancient Mesopotamian society was important because it ______.

Which characteristic of civilization is seen here, in ancient Sumer?

Which was NOT a factor people considered when choosing to settle?

Which "Age" saw the start of agriculture?

How did Paleolithic people get their food?

Early humans first migrated from what continent?

The Sumerians created all except which?

The Tigris and Eurphrates rivers flow into what body of water?

Because of their increased knowledge and tools for farming, Neolithic people produced a _____ of food for their villages

Who "lived" here in ancient Sumer?

What are Nomads?

Unpredictable flooding meant the Sumerians did not know when water would get to their fields... what was their solution?

Which is NOT a benefit of a settled life?

Tie Breaker question --- which of these is the oldest hominid species?

What is a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire?

Neolithic people invented what tool to help them prepare their fields for planting?

What do we call the wide, flat plain in between Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

How does having a surplus of food affect a civilization?

What term refers to a city which has its own independent government and rules over its surrounding area?